Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-messages on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ayatana-indicator-messages
ayatana-indicator-messages is:
A place on the user’s desktop that collects messages that need a response.
This menu provides a condensed and collected view of all of those messages
for quick access, but without making them annoying in times that you want
to ignore them.
Ayatana Indicators are only available on desktop environments that
provide a renderer for system indicators (such as MATE, Xfce, Lomiri,
etc.).
There are three methods to install ayatana-indicator-messages on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ayatana-indicator-messages Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-messages using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-indicator-messages
Install ayatana-indicator-messages Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-messages using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ayatana-indicator-messages
Install ayatana-indicator-messages Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ayatana-indicator-messages using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-indicator-messages
How To Uninstall ayatana-indicator-messages on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ayatana-indicator-messages package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ayatana-indicator-messages
Uninstall ayatana-indicator-messages And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ayatana-indicator-messages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-indicator-messages
Remove ayatana-indicator-messages Configurations and Data
To remove ayatana-indicator-messages configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-indicator-messages
Remove ayatana-indicator-messages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ayatana-indicator-messages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-indicator-messages
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-indicator-messages package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
